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OBAMA-LIBYA
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has decided he could continue the air war in Libya without congressional approval despite rulings to the contrary from Justice Department and Pentagon lawyers, according to published reports. AP Photo.
BIN LADEN-CHARGES
NEW YORK — Federal authorities used DNA from "multiple family members" and facial recognition technology to identify the body of Osama bin Laden, according to court papers that formally drop terrorism charges against the slain al-Qaida leader. By Tom Hays. AP Photos.
UNITED AIRLINES-COMPUTERS
CHICAGO — United Airlines is reporting computer problems that are affecting flights across the United States. AP Photos.
PENTAGON-SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
ARLINGTON, Virginia — A Marine Corps reservist carrying a backpack containing what initially appears to be bomb-making material is detained near the Pentagon, but authorities later say the suspicious items were not explosive. By Eric Tucker and Eileen Sullivan. AP Photos.
VENZUELA-PRISON VIOLENCE
GUATIRE, Venezuela — Thousands of National Guard troops storm a Venezuelan prison seeking to disarm inmates days after a bloody riot, setting off gunfights with resisting inmates that left at least two soldiers dead and 18 wounded. By Fabiola Sanchez. AP Photos, Video.
DEFENSE BILL
WASHINGTON — A blueprint for defense programs approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee would write into law the handling of captured terrorist suspects, including a permanent ban on building facilities in the United States to house those currently at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. By Jim Abrams.
CHILE-VOLCANO
SANTIAGO, Chile — The ash cloud from a Chilean volcano that has been erupting for nearly two weeks has circled the globe and come home again to disrupt flights. AP Photos, Video.
US-LIBYA-MISSILE THREAT
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is paying two European mine-clearing groups nearly $1 million to hunt and dispose of loose anti-aircraft missiles that could make their way from Libyan battlefields to terror groups. By Stephen Braun. AP Photos.
CUBA-ECONOMIC CHANGE
HAVANA — Marketplaces full of vendors hawking everything from food to religious items may be common sights across Latin America, but they're springing up for the first time in the Cuban capital as the island's Communist government opens its tightly controlled economy to some private-sector activity. By Andrea Rodriguez. AP Photos.
MALIBU DEVELOPMENT
LOS ANGELES — A proposal led by U2 guitarist The Edge for five mansions overlooking Malibu, California, has been rejected by California's coastal development agency, despite assurances by him that it would be one of the greenest developments in the world. By Noaki Schwartz. AP Photos.
GUATEMALA-PAST CRIMES
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan police arrest a former military chief of staff in the mass killing of government opponents during the country's 36-year civil war, the highest-ranking official yet detained for massacres in the 1980s.
BEAUTY QUEEN ARRESTED
NEW YORK — A former Miss Russia who got into drug trouble in New York is out of jail and headed for a year of inpatient addiction treatment to try to resolve charges of forging prescriptions to get painkillers. By Jennifer Peltz.
BUSINESS:
IMF-FORECAST
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund says it expects the U.S. economy to grow at slower pace this year than previously estimated, dragged down by higher oil prices and lower factory output. By Economics Writer Christopher S. Rugaber.
BEYOND DOT-COM
WASHINGTON — Coming soon to the Internet: website addresses that end in ".bank," ''.Vegas" and ".Canon." The organization that oversees the Internet address system is preparing to open the floodgates to a nearly limitless selection of new website suffixes, including ones in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts. That could usher in the most sweeping transformation of the Domain Name System since its creation in the 1980s. By Joelle Tessler. AP Photo.
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